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Goals for adulthood? *INDEPENDENT MOBILITY AND ADL'S
*HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
*COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
*INDEPENDENT LIVING
*VOCATION
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Goals for school age/adolescense? *CONTINUE INDEPENDENT MOBILITY
*DEVELOP INDEPENDENT ADL'S
*FOSTER FITNESS AND SELF IMAGE
*FOSTER COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
*FOSTER SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH PEERS
*DEVELOP VOCATIONAL PLANhoo
0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:19:29 GMT view revision history
This technque is utilized when there is poor trunk control? "W" SITTING 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:29:47 GMT view revision history
Nystagmus? QUCK MOTION OF EYES (UP/DOWN, SIDE/SIDE, ROTARY) 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:29:47 GMT view revision history
Strabismus? CROSSING OF EYES (WEAKNESS IN THE LATERAL MUSCLES) 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:29:47 GMT view revision history
Seizure does not fit into any other category? UNCLASSIFIED SEIZURE (FEBRILE SEIZURE) 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:13:33 GMT view revision history
Complex partial seizure? MAY DEVELOP FRO SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE, LOC OCCURS FROM BEGINNING OR END OF EVENT. 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:13:33 GMT view revision history
Simple partial seizure? NO LOC,CLONIC MOTIONS START IN ONE PART OF BODY AND SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS; USUALLY ON ONE SIDE. 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:13:33 GMT view revision history
Do not involve entire body; may include variety of sensory/motor symptoms? PARTIAL SEIZURE (FOCAL SEIZURE) 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:13:33 GMT view revision history
Akinetic seizure? FREEZING IN PLACE 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:09:50 GMT view revision history
Blinking, staring, nonconvulsive? ABSENSE SEIZURE 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:09:50 GMT view revision history
Sudden loss of muscle tone?
AKA (DROP ATTACK)
ATONIC SEIZURE 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:09:50 GMT view revision history
Myoclinic jerks? CLONIC SEIZURE 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:09:50 GMT view revision history
Sudden stiffening of body? TONIC 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:07:25 GMT view revision history
Tonic clonic seizue? STIFFENING, THEN JERKING OF BODY 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:07:25 GMT view revision history
What is used to determine brain abnormalities? *MRI
*CRANIAL ULTRASOUND
0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:07:25 GMT view revision history
This type of CP affects head and trunk control along with breathing patterns? HYPOTONIC CP 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:07:25 GMT view revision history
Disorder of balance and control of time of movements; weakness, widebased gait?

*Cerebellar damage
ATAXIC CP 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:59:58 GMT view revision history
Choreathetosis? JERKY MOVEMENTS, USUALLY OF DIGITS, VARIED ROM 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:59:58 GMT view revision history
Ballismus? RANDOM MOTION IN LOARGE, FAST PATTERNS OF A SINGLE LIMB, MOST RARE 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:59:58 GMT view revision history
Dystonia? SLOW MOVEMENT WITH TORSIONAL ELEMENT

(SIMILAR TO ATHETOSIS)
0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:59:58 GMT view revision history
Tremor? RARE IN ISOLATION; OFTEN OCCURS WITH ATHETOSIS OR ATAXIA 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:48:36 GMT view revision history
Rigidigy? UNCOMMON; INDICATES SEVERE DAMAGE TO DEEP BRAIN STRUCTURES 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:48:36 GMT view revision history
Athetoss? *SLOW, WRITHING INVOLUNTARY MOTIONS
*AFFECTS EXTREMITIES IN MID-RANGE; MOTOR CONTROL DECREASES AS EXTREMITY MOVES AWAY FROM BODY
*DECREASED STATIC AND DYNAMIC POSTURAL STABILITY
*CAN AFFECT SPEECH AND FEEDING
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Dyskinesia and movement disorders? *ATHETOSIS
*RIGIDITY
*TREMOR
*DYSTONIA
*BALLISMUS
*CHOREOATHETOSIS
0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:48:36 GMT view revision history
Momoplegia and triplegia? ONE ARM OR ONE LEG (UNCOMMON) 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:42:20 GMT view revision history
Tetraplegic CP? ALL 4 LIMBS AFFECTED; DIFFICULTY WITH HEAD/TRUNK CONTROL 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:42:20 GMT view revision history
Hemiplegic CP? ONE SIDE AFFECTED 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:42:20 GMT view revision history
If a pt has diplegic CP, what is affected most? BILTERAL LE INVOLVEMENT>BILATERAL UE INVOLVEMET 0 MichaelMorano Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:42:20 GMT view revision history

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